Table 3.

Some examples of the actual social networking site posts by patients and their family members (n=100) with Shizuoka Classification System categories.

Shizuoka Classification System category	Posts by the patients
3	“For the first time, I thought I wanted to die...”
3	“I asked what would happen if I left the way as it was, and the answer was I would die within 2 to 3 months, besides, it might be no use even if I had the treatment.”
5	“Mother begged, ‘Please give me a day to think about it’, but the doctor said she did not have much time left for that.”
5	“The doctor told us, ‘I think it is most likely cancer’, and it might have been the notification towards my husband and I. I felt very uncomfortable that he didn’t make it clear that it actually WAS cancer.”
13	“I still have so much I want to do before I die.”
13	“I had a strong will to be cured completely.”
15	“But I pretended I did know nothing in front of my family when I was notified that I only have 1 year left.”
15	“When should I tell my children that I have lung cancer.”